Beltway Confidential
Justice for Cyntoia Brown
Cyntoia Brown, who spent 15 years in prison for killing a man who she claims solicited her for sex when she was a minor, is finally free.…
August 13, 2019
Magazine - Columnists
The EU’s last ultimatum on Brexit is intended to fail
Imagine that Donald Trump wanted to reopen trade talks with the European Union. I know, I know, but humor me. Suppose that the United States were to…
Magazine - Features
Democratic Ghostbusters come for Joe Biden
Joe Biden had a simple plan. To win the Democratic presidential nomination, he wouldn’t have to worry about competition from candidates to his left because he doesn’t…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Journalism’
What does journalism mean to you? More precisely, what does “journalism” mean to you, as a word? Probably it has more to do with abstract ideas about…
Beltway Confidential
No Dodging This Miracle
At the most dramatic moments in sports, you can bet someone will dust off the old cliche: “You could not write a script like this.” They said…
Magazine - Your Land
Sorry, Old Glory doesn’t fit the aesthetic
Aesthetic: an artistic expression, a carefully treasured and guarded aura. We all have one. An Arizona retirement community is so committed to its “look” that it’s battling…
Healthcare
Nurse practitioners fight for more freedom
Cathy Hampton’s job as a nurse practitioner is similar in a lot of ways to that of a doctor. She can prescribe medication, order tests, refer patients…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Busker Shoo
The other day I was walking downtown and heard music wafting from the Farragut North Metro stop a block away. There was nothing strange about that: The…
Magazine - Life & Arts
City of Man
If God is omnipotent, what is the point of political activism? Though Ben Howe, the author of the book, The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power…
Magazine
Civility is dead — except in real life
(Image courtesy of Salena Zito) YUMA, COLORADO — Dressed in white slacks, a blouse, and an oversized hat—the kind you wear when the sun and heat are…